“Live outside.”
A single sentence from a boy six years ago endlessly circles through his mind.
***
Sim Seowoo, somewhat slow-witted but living an ordinary university life.
One day, after a chance accident, his spiritual sight opens and he joins ‘Heun,’ an organization that hunts evil spirits.
Recognizing that Sim Seowoo possesses the purification ability to cleanse evil, Heun proposes that he accompany Cheon Yijae, the organization’s successor, but—
“They must be dying to attach a Purifier to me. Even after I said I didn’t want one, they keep dragging you here by force.”
Cheon Yijae harbors an evil spirit within his body, making him someone all members fear and are wary of.
Moreover, he insists he doesn’t need purification and keeps trying to drive Sim Seowoo away…
“You’ve been living an ordinary life, so why are you so desperate to take on dangerous work? Can’t you imagine it? Your life could be in danger.”
“……”
“Live outside.”
Cheon Yijae always acts fierce and prickly, but his gaze keeps turning toward him.
“……Have we met before?”
And the more Sim Seowoo sees Cheon Yijae like this, the more he’s reminded of that boy he encountered in the past…..
***
“That boy I met back then—he seems just like you.”
Rain on the Ashes 30